Management obsessed with their own job security - Product Manager College Board Employee Review

1.0
1 Aug 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are good. Solid time off policy and the ability to work from home on a flexible schedule.

Cons

Over time, management has become obsessed with keeping broken processes broken. It’s been outright stated by management that these processes being unworkable makes them feel secure in their jobs, which goes on to mean that things only get worse as new problems arise but old ones are never addressed. Working at a non-management level means you will be dealing with increasingly complex issues that are easily avoided if resources were allocated to problem solving instead of triage.

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College Board Response
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We couldn’t agree more that having processes and systems work efficiently is a critical part of making people successful at work. We have teams dedicated to providing our teams with the tools, training, and resources they need to thrive – and are constantly exploring what larger improvements, like Agile, we can make as an organization. If you would like to provide additional feedback on where we can improve, please reach out to me at kdsouza@collegeboard.org -- Karl D'Souza

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